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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1896
Page
1
A poetic fragment describes a doorway of a rose where a yellow-banded bee hums a drowsy monotone. The passage evokes nature’s harmony and the bee’s wings flashing as the speaker suggests the song lingers if listened for. Curtis May in Bachelor of Ari.
A novelist in seclusion reads of an impending execution tied to his old friend’s son. He rides to stop it, hooks onto a mail bag, survives a passing express, reaches Silkminster, and triggers a reprieve after informing the governor. The condemned man is freed as the real killer is later caught.
Paris experiments by Dr. Bertillon claim hypnotic suggestion cures kleptomania. A Boston City Hospital prize offers 320 semi annually for surgical interns. Other items note army worm remedies, cholera cure rates, a two mile rocket ascent plan, Egyptology catalog schemes, ivy poisoning relief, and an electric shooting device for tired horses at Akron turf meets amid cruelty protests.
A guidance piece describes tiredness and nervous irritability from overwork. It prescribes a hot bath for about three minutes, brisk drying with a Turkish towel, then immediate bed. The method is claimed to induce sleep and prevent morning headaches, promising a refreshed morning.
A Massachusetts Congressman aboard the Gyde Park wreck recalls the moment of impact. He says a passenger toppled over several seats just as a water cooler spilled, soaking his clothes with water. An excited fellow traveler urged calm and caution as the soaked man joked about cooling off with two buckets of cold water.
Trenry Isles of Lytham England owns a black Egyptian goose with a canary like voice. A 1743 Tilmarnood edition of Barnn's poems, damaged with torn leaves, recently sold in London for 30 pounds.
A young woman, Mus Kemm, has been appointed registrar of births marriages and deaths by the guardians of the City of London. She previously acted as suaintant to her father while pursuing her duties.
Reports from Blenheim praise the young Duchess of Marlborough for winning hearts in England while observers note her modest grace, beauty, and social charm. Meanwhile society trends include milking sows for charity and various fashionable entertainments drawing wide attention.
Policemen stationed at cross streets around St Barnabas Church to enforce a 170 milk distribution ban on Sundays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pastor James R. G. Nishitt requested action from Director Riter. Residents and parishioners complain of vehicle noise during warm weather while cobblestone streets hinder traffic.
The article stresses early dental care to prevent jaw contraction and crowding of permanent teeth if baby teeth fall out too soon. It notes food particles cause decay, recommends teaching children to pass milk thread between teeth after meals and to floss regularly, and cites sale and water as a simple antiseptic with broader uses.
A quirky old method explains finding the weekday of any date. It describes wrapping year quarters, discarding fractions, adding day of month, and using a month based offset, then dividing by seven to yield the day. if no remainder, the day is Saturday.
A sorrowful poem from Harper's Bazar recounts a visitor of gloom entering a door and departing, leaving the speaker with a sense of fading joy. The verse blends somber imagery with a note of hopeful triumph over grief and pain as the shadowy guest vanishes.
A collage of cartoonish quips and captions from 19th or early 20th century papers. Jests touch on lawyers, debts, coffee substitutes, grammar quips, weather, seaside plans, and vehicle punctures, attributed to various city papers. Includes wordplay and light satire through multiple short exchanges and captions.
A Domorest s Magazine excerpt describes tornado development from warm afternoons to violent storms. It details cloud formations, escalating wind, hail, and rain, buildings destroyed and rivers swollen as the tornado roars across landscapes in brief, intense spans.
The piece notes journals of Fondon and Epp aud printed on U S white paper as New Hampshire and Dublin firms source wire and newsprint from Ottawa and American pulp, with Australia using American paper. It argues the Americas must drive world white paper supply and envisions future mills near forests. It cites vast daily log flows and an estimated waste lumber usage of 6 10,000,000 feet.
The American Bible Society printed 1,750,233 copies of the Scriptures during the year ending Much Jl. The work marks eighty years of exactness in its operations.
General Grant's tomb on Riverside Drive in New York City approaches completion. The dome cap stands 165 feet above ground and the monument is expected to receive General Grant's body on his birthday anniversary in April next year. Groundbreaking for the foundation occurred in 1851.
August 15 reports cloudbursts along the Pittsburg and Western Railroad near De Haven Allegheny. Three houses were washed from foundations, one woman drowned, a father saved two children but lost the girl downstream. Dead include Mrs Susan Auld and Martie Cochranes child. Dr Nansen returns from Arctic expedition near Norway after nearing the North Pole, arriving at Vardo Estland. explorer says he was four degrees closer than any prior.
The drowning victims include widow Piste of Haven Mia Florries Robinson age thirty four wife of James Robinson of De Haven Emil Schlaffs sixteen of Etna and others. Auls and McAulay were injured while a dam breach sent floodwaters through three reservoirs on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Claridge mining village near Greensburg faced near destruction as a dam broke prompting rescues from upper floors by local youths and miners.
At 3 80 p m three masked men armed entered the Bank of Montpelier Montpelier Idaho and forced Caulter Gray and two assistants to open the safe containing about 6000 dollars Tuller McIntosh was struck with a pistol and one robber fled with the plunder the second left soon after leaving the third on guard Alarm was given but no arrests reported.
The message notes Nansen and Lt Suhotthauaun in good health aboard the Fram with no sick aboard. It states Nansen reached about two hundred and forty miles from the North Pole, summarizes the Fram’s Arctic voyage plan toward the New Siberian Islands and drifting with the ice along the coast.
Sir John Millais, president of the Royal Academy, died in London a few days after May 10 tracheotomy for throat cancer. He never fully recovered from the procedure. Also noted, in the British House of Commons, that the Venezuelan question would be satisfactorily resolved soon due to U S proposals.
West Virginia Democrats at Wheeling authorize a sub committee to arrange fusion with all Popular Convention groups for electors-at-large. The ticket includes Governor candidate C. C. Watts for Auditor W. H. Boggs for Treasurer J. W. Tucker for Superintendent of Schools A. Lewis for Attorney General Ty A. Tetley. Harold M. Sewall, son of the VP candidate, spoke at Buck Croft Mo in support of McKinley.
A irregular report from the treasury notes 2,700,000 counterfeit silver dollars circulating in the United States. The outline cites a Rome based loan and a central American base as part of the circulation, with transit details via the New Ocean route.
First National Bank of South Bend Indiana will not suspend operations after assistant cashier Josiah E Kelley embezzled about 24000 from the surplus. Exminer notes the defalcation and the Acting Controller reports no suspension of bank business.
The report covers Bryan and Lowsll’s gubernatorial renomination in Dover with McKinley denouncing cheap labor. It notes a Nagging string of incidents from killings in Chicago and Reed's Station Indiana to a fatal boiler explosion in Texas. It also mentions a naval visit to Brooklyn and a large crowd at Madison Square Garden for Covk ran’s reply to Bryan. The piece lists weather and riot incidents, a Grand Parade of Babies at Asbury Park, and international items from Ireland to France.
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